The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 195 Fish Ball Project
Shen Li's aunt and her family never thought that the duck they had caught would fly away.

Because she was the one who washed the clothes and cooked the meals at home, and basically she was asked to do all the housework. This was also the reason why Shen Li's aunt's family was actually a little reluctant to let her marry in exchange for a gift, but they just had this plan.

They all thought that Shen Li was so young and had no one to rely on in Hong Kong and could only be at their mercy.

But no one expected that she would escape and go directly to a house where four men lived.

After Shen Li's aunt came here, she immediately asked Shen Li to go back with her. She had already made up her mind that she could not keep this niece and had to "sell" her, otherwise she would be left with nothing the next time she ran away.

But Shen Li's aunt asked Jiang Cheng and the others to hand over Shen Li, but they refused.

Then Shen Li's aunt went back to call people, and also called some neighbors over, saying that the four men on Jiang Cheng's side were shameless and coaxed her niece to go to their house.

But even if Aunt Shen Li called people over, and her uncle and his son came over, it was useless because Shen Li said in front of everyone that she would not live with them anymore, and they didn't even mention that they had raised her for a year or two.

She does so much housework every day and eats leftovers. There is no such thing as eating at her aunt's house and owing them anything.

Anyway, he was tired of the nagging. Hong Kong was not as strict as the mainland, so Jiang Cheng directly called Ahao and others to beat Shen Li's family away.

Even though the two families live close to each other now, with Ahao and the others around, Jiang Cheng is not afraid that people from Shen Li's aunt's family will come and snatch people away in the future.

After resolving Shen Li's issue, Jiang Cheng's development 'meeting' continued, but now there were five people.

Shen Li was very smart. She put all the clothes she brought with her into Jiang Cheng's room. Therefore, even without introducing her, Zhang Hao and the others knew that this young girl was their brother Cheng's woman.

Jiang Cheng told them directly that he would leave tomorrow night. But in Xiangjiang, his first plan was to open a food store.

This food store doesn’t sell pork or anything, but fish, which is the easiest for Jiang Cheng to obtain.

Of course, selling fish is definitely not realistic. Jiang Cheng is not here, so he cannot guarantee to provide fresh fish every day.

All Jiang Cheng had to do was to find a cold storage, rent some space, then get a large batch of fish over, have them killed and put them in the cold storage as raw materials.

What Jiang Cheng really wants to do is to make fish balls and even shrimp balls.

In Hong Kong, fish balls and shrimp balls are very popular. Especially for some gangsters who have no money but like to pick up girls, they will treat guests to fish balls at street stalls.

But one has to admit that no matter whether it is the Hong Kong hooligans of this era or the spirited young men in China in later generations, they may be poor and may not be able to afford food, but they can call out a few girls at once.

Moreover, fish balls and shrimp balls are easy to make and even women can make them, so a lot of temporary workers can be recruited under the bridge.

But this is just a plan. Jiang Cheng asked Zhang Hao and others to inquire about the location and price of the cold storage.

Then when Jiang Cheng is not around, he lets Zhang Hao and the others do whatever they want. Jiang Cheng doesn't have much money now, so he can ask Shen Li to buy food and cook for him. But Jiang Cheng can't afford to spend money on daily expenses.

Jiang Cheng gave Shen Li 600 yuan and asked her to buy rice, noodles, seasonings and other things in the afternoon, and save the remaining money for buying vegetables. 600 yuan for four people was enough for food and drink, and they could eat well.

"Brother Cheng, can you get the fish?" Zhang Hao asked.

Jiang Cheng’s plan sounded good and everyone felt it was a good idea, but the key prerequisite was that Jiang Cheng must be able to get a large number of fish.

If they are really available, they also think fish balls will sell well, and most restaurants in Hong Kong have fish ball dishes.

"I'm leaving tomorrow night to get the goods. If I can't get the goods, we can just part ways amicably." Jiang Cheng responded. Jiang Cheng also thought it was normal for them to worry, after all, he would not give them money to spend when he left, only provide food and accommodation. They still had to do hard labor to have money to smoke, drink and play cards.

The key point is that Zhang Hao and the others also heard that Jiang Cheng was not planning to lead them to make a lot of money. It was just that if it really worked, their responsibilities would be easy, just go to the docks and some places where there were many illegal immigrants to recruit people.

According to Zhang Hao and his friends' initial enthusiastic idea, they just wanted to follow Jiang Cheng to do something big and make some money. Even if it was only 10,000 yuan, it didn't matter if Jiang Cheng took more than half.

But what Jiang Cheng wanted to do was serious work, but the salary he promised was higher than that of ordinary workers.

But now Zhang Hao and his friends felt that they didn't have much choice, at least they had a place to eat and live. If they hadn't met Jiang Cheng, they would still have to go to work, and they wouldn't have a place to eat and live.

Shen Li was very happy to hear Jiang Cheng's plan, because Jiang Cheng was a serious person, not like those hooligans and gangs out there who were always ready to fight and kill.

The team developing in Hong Kong has been initially established. Jiang Cheng asked Shen Li to take Zhang Hao and others to buy rice and vegetables.

For this dinner, Shen Li prepared four dishes and one soup, which tasted really good.

Although the house here is only about 40 square meters, it has two bedrooms, a living room and a small kitchen.

In the evening, Shen Li took a bath in the kitchen behind a curtain, and then went into Jiang Cheng's room.

After waiting in the room for a long time and not seeing Jiang Cheng come in, he opened the door wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts.

"Where's Brother Cheng?" After opening the door, Shen Li found that Jiang Cheng was not in the living room, so she asked Ah Hao and others who were playing cards.

"Brother Cheng said he would go for a walk outside and come back later. Don't worry, sister-in-law. He will make you feel comfortable when he comes back." Zhang Hao said with a smile.

As soon as Zhang Hao said this, A Guang and A Li also laughed. While playing cards, they talked about the women who were prostitutes nearby. They didn't know how much it would cost to have sex.

As for Shen Li, they also knew that she was the little girl Jiang Cheng had just brought today. After all, it was they who drove her aunt's family away.

Calling her "sister-in-law" was already considered polite to Shen Li, after all, she was a woman brought by Jiang Cheng. But knowing that she was just someone Jiang Cheng brought casually today, he was naturally not so respectful, and he didn't think it was a big deal to tell her some dirty jokes.

After hearing what Zhang Hao and the others said, Shen Li didn't say anything, but went into the room and closed the door.

Jiang Cheng was strolling outside for a while. It was very lively here at night. Many roadside vendors came out to make noise. Clothes, snacks, fried rice, cart noodles, etc.

The key point is that some obscene books and magazines are sold on the stalls, as well as tapes playing songs on recorders.

This really made Jiang Cheng feel the breath of "fashion". He bought some ordinary second-hand magazines at a street stall, which he intended to bring back to Changcheng for Zhou Lingying to read.

As for those indecent things, only those with special hobbies or those who don't have money to find women will buy them. Jiang Cheng doesn't need that thing at all.

After walking around the streets for a long time, Jiang Cheng went back at almost nine o'clock. In Hong Kong, Jiang Cheng found that there were really many streetwalkers. With more people in this industry, at least no one was driving up the price.

On the way back, Jiang Cheng just curiously found a woman and asked about the price. It was only ten yuan, and maybe he could bargain.

When he was about to return home, Jiang Cheng took out two sea bass, some shrimps and a piece of meat from the space. After all, he was the leader, so he had to let the people who followed him eat better.

(End of this chapter)